Will Most New Operating Systems become less useful in the US now that Net Neutrality is Dead?

I think most new operating systems like Windows 10, Android, Chrome OS, OS X, and iOS will be less useful in the US now that Net Neutrality is dead in the US which means that ISPs can be more restrictive over what you use your internet connection for.

New operating system use the internet for operating system updates, and to buy and download software from online app stores. Plus, most people now use the internet to buy software, movies, MP3 songs, and stream video from YouTube and Netflix rather than buying physical media like discs, USB flash drive, or SD Memory cards with files on them.

There is a possibility that internet service providers block operating system updates, and the ability to download apps, and programs from the app store or Steam unless you pay more money to the ISP now that it is legal for the ISP to control user's connection by blocking or allowing what files get to use the ISP internet connection because Net Neutrality is dead.

A lot of new Windows 10 laptops, and smaller desktops no longer come with a disc drives to install software and games, or watch movies and listen to music from a disc. Chrome OS, Android, and iOS never had devices with disc drives and Mac OS X computers have never been sold with a disc drive for many years now.

Not having a disc drive will make computers in the US less useful now that Net Neutrality is dead in the US, and there is a chance that broadband and bandwidth will cost more money if you need a faster more expensive connection to stream videos now that Net Neutrality is dead.

Demon_Skeith said:

Net Neutrality isn't dead, yet. The fight is still on and can still be upheld.

To the topic though, I can see possibly that the ISP companies will block websites and such but I extremely highly doubt it they will block software downloads or updates.

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Hopefully, Net Neutrality will still be alive, and enough people fight to keep it alive.

I agree ISP will not block software downloads and updates if Net Neutrality is gone. But, the ISPs can become more greedy, and want more money for access to downloading software and updates.

There is a chance users need to pay more money to download software downloads and updates at a faster speed, or deal with very slow downloads in the slow lane for downloading files and updates which may take many more hours and days to download a 1GB file if users don't pay for access to the fast lane for downloading files and updates for operating systems, and software.

zoldos said:

But doesn't it have to past Congress first?

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Some US states are starting lawsuits against the FCC to defend Net Neutrality according to States That Are Suing To Protect Net Neutrality But, there are still a lot of states who are not suing. If not enough states sue the FCC, there is a greater chance for Net Neutrality to end in 2018 and the future.